According to statistics of security researchers, up to 600 million users have installed malware on Google Play and were silently deducted from their owners . Download.vn will summarize for you to identify and avoid downloading the wrong applications.
List of Applications silently stealing users' money on Google Play
Fleeceware - A recently used term to refer to a new type of smartphone malware. Fleeceware applications will allow users to try it for free before silently, stealthily deducting money in the following months.
The way this kind of software works is to take advantage of user carelessness. Normally when removing an application, users also need to unsubscribe from the trial, but most people forget about this. Taking advantage of that loophole, the malware will continue to charge users' accounts regardless of whether or not the user is using the application. Not only that, some applications also pay third parties to install on users' computers without their knowledge.
The following is a list of users' money-stealing applications, which are listed by Sophos, a network security company, as of September 2019.
Package name |
Short name |
Downloads |
Amount of weekly registration |
Amount to register by month |
Amount to register by year |
com.astrofun.android |
Astrofun |
500,000+ |
|
$ 14.99 |
|
com.banuba.beauty |
Easysnap |
100,000+ |
|
$ 24.99 |
$ 89.99 |
com.bestvideostudio.movieeditor |
VCUT |
5,000,000+ |
$ 6.99 |
|
|
com.faceditor.facex |
Face X Play |
100,000+ |
|
$ 25.99 |
$ 83.99 |
com.fortunemirror |
Fortunemirror |
5,000,000+ |
$ 69.99 |
|
|
com.funcamerastudio.videomaker |
Filmigo |
50,000,000+ |
$ 9.99 |
|
|
com.jb.emoji.gokeyboard |
GO Keyboard |
100,000,000+ |
|
$ 9.99 |
$ 59.98 |
com.jb.gokeyboard |
GO Keyboard Lite |
100,000,000+ |
$ 9.99 |
|
|
com.jb.gosms |
GO SMS Pro |
100,000,000+ |
|
$ 9.99 |
$ 59.99 |
com.jb.screenrecorder.screen.
record.video
|
GO Recorder |
5,000,000+ |
|
$ 11.99 |
$ 95.88 |
com.jb.security |
GO Security |
10,000,000+ |
|
$ 4.98 |
$ 39.98 |
com.jb.zcamera |
Z Camera |
100,000,000+ |
|
$ 9.99 |
$ 59.88 |
com.screenrecorder.recorder.editor |
Master Recorder |
1,000,000+ |
|
$ 9.99 |
$ 59.98 |
com.steam.photoeditor |
S Photo Editor |
100,000,000+ |
|
$ 9.99 |
$ 59.98 |
com.video.master |
Wonder Video |
10,000,000+ |
|
$ 12.99 |
$ 79.99 |
com.videoeditor.videomaker.
photos.music.pictures
|
Clipvue |
5,000,000+ |
|
$ 9.99 |
$ 49.99 |
com.videomaker.editor.slideshow.
songs.record.album
|
Filmix |
5,000,000+ |
$ 6.99 |
|
|
nfrt.recoverfree |
Photo Recovery & Video Recovery |
100,000+ |
|
|
$ 199.99 |
screen.recorder |
ScreenRecorder |
5,000,000+ |
|
$ 9.99 |
$ 69.99 |
screenrecorder.recorder.editor |
V Recorder |
10,000,000+ |
|
$ 9.99 |
$ 79.99 |
screenrecorder.recorder.editor.lite |
V Recorder |
10,000+ |
|
$ 11.99 |
$ 89.99 |
If you are still using one of the above apps, please unsubscribe and remove it.
In addition, you can also download some anti-virus software and speed up the system for more peace of mind when using the phone.